Book Review: Memory Man by David Baldacci - new word's for the day; Hyperthymesia and Synthesia

Amos Decker has suffered two severely traumatic events in his life.  First, he died and was resuscitated twice on the football  pitch after a  tackle gone wrong. This resulted in a brain injury which left him with hyperthymesia (the ability to remember everything he's ever seen read heard or experienced) and synthesia where everyday experiences become linked to colours and numbers. The second trauma was finding the bodies of his murdered wife and child.

So, roll on sixteen months and Amos has left the Police

force, lost his home and his will to live and hit rock bottom. Then reality kicks in and he pulls himself together, gets his PI licence finds a room in a hotel and is existing... barely, until Sebastian Leopold walks in to Burlington Police Station and confesses to the murder of Amos's family and later, on the same day a gunman goes on a killing spree in a Burlington high school, one that Decker himself attended as a senior.  

Decker with his remarkable brain is employed as a consultant on the shootings and soon discovers clue after clue, in a case that involves a rogue reporter, the Burlington Police and the FBI.
As usual Baldacci delivers a thought provoking and exciting story.  Amos Decker is an unusual, yet believable character and the plots twists and turns kept me hooked till the very last page.  I'm already itching to get my hands on the sequel.  A job well done and Baldacci fans out there will be wholly satisfied!

Memory Man is available in Amazon Kindle for £5.99 or HB £8.49
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